I agree in principal. I think he has unbelievable potential but 100m would be 'they've pulled our pants down' territory. Ajax are fairly well off after some good sales and they must know that ETH wants a left footed RW and that there's little out there, hence demanding a deterrent fee. I'd now consider either taking a gamble on a raw but talented Olise (35m release clause apparently) or playing Sancho on the right and hoping Rashford will be back to the form from like 2 years ago.
Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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I agree in principal. I think he has unbelievable potential but 100m would be 'they've pulled our pants down' territory. Ajax are fairly well off after some good sales and they must know that ETH wants a left footed RW and that there's little out there, hence demanding a deterrent fee. I'd now consider either taking a gamble on a raw but talented Olise (35m release clause apparently) or playing Sancho on the right and hoping Rashford will be back to the form from like 2 years ago.
Where did you get that release clause for Olise ? Do you have a source? That would be one of the best business, actually.
Personally i think over £45m would be over the top for Antony. I'd go with Rashford and Sancho on the flanks. Obviously we wont have a left footed player but i'd take Sancho on his right foot over Antony any day.
ETH needs to look elsewhere after this summer window closes. Frankie and this lad for over £150 million is bonkers.
€60m plus addons should be absolute max
To late in the day for this one now…..possibly earlier in the window when Ajax could have sorted out a replacement but we’ve been mincing around FDJ for so long our competitors think it’s amateur hour when they deal with us nowadays and just quote shite prices
He did have a £35m release clause in his contract according to reports, but it has since been reported about Olise renewing his contract with the release clause going over £50m.
This guy can put in decent deliveries into the box. It's a pity Ronaldo is being a bit of a prick cause he'd be lapping up those up all day long.
That said, I'd get Antony next season and instead look for a good ball playing holding midfielder. We desperately need our own Rodri or Busquets.
That said, I'd get Antony next season and instead look for a good ball playing holding midfielder. We desperately need our own Rodri or Busquets.
It was reported in May he was set to sign a new one but I don’t think it’s confirmed he’s signed it - unless I’ve missed it.
These are sources of variable repute, admittedly, but -
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/1851...w-contract-crystal-palace-50m-release-clause/
https://theathletic.com/3299169/202...his-release-clause-will-be-a-coup-for-palace/
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ea...=A concern for Palace fans,no say in the sale.
It has been widely reported but I've seen no rebuttal to this story. The reports were common in May but, since then, it's gone a bit quiet and Olise doesn't seem to have signed the new deal which would have eradicated his release clause. Maybe he's been told to wait before re-signing it as he's first backup target, for instance.
Ajax have wanted 75m to 80m for Antony before the last season finished according to Mike Vewreij. Ajax didn't account for selling Antony and Martinez for the new season and hence will only part with those players for high fees.
I haven't seen anything confirmed but the report by the Palace correspondent for The Athletic, did report the player and the club were close to agreeing on a renewal. And that was reported in May.
Yeah. Which makes it a bit odd nothing confirmed yet…maybe a club has him on their list.
Does he have many years left on his contract? Could we get him for cheaper in January or next summer?
We should be going nowhere near Ziyech. He is very unlikely to succeed in the premier league. He just ain’t built for it.
Although it does not look like it now, Ajax have done us a big favour. Antony has not done anything to prove he's worth over 40 or 50 million pounds. Paying anything over 50m would have been pure madness.
Has shown flashes but that's all
Antifa made me do it.
Can't blame them when the CEO of the bidding club is more interested in doing PR stunts at a bar.
we know they don't need to sell but to raise his price to 100m is a bit disrespectful to Antony as it just shows Antony that he is strictly a commodity
It's not been on for ages. Ever since the 80m was confirmed and we spent what we did on Martinez. This was not gonna happen.
It's been said multiple times that they wanted 80m for him before the window even opened. It's nothing to do with waiting until late.
Also, the players they lost early on in the window were transfers decided from like the start of the year.
It's because some scout he knows, who is the bastion of all football judgement, deems him not good enough.
The Martinez price didn't fall?
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We should offer them 30m in the winter because antony wouldn't look so good without ten hag.
I wouldn't take this Twitter account too seriously. Got some family living in the NL and my nephews see him as one of the pure clownish accounts that for some magical reason, thinks that the amount of followers he has on equals how often he is right. A pure joke that account.
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I think the levels of what is acceptable behaviour and what not are slightly different in the Amsterdam area. If I would misbehave like that for a week I'll lose my job, but here are some nutjobs that unironically plead that his career was ruined due to wokeness. Give me a break please, what am I reading on this platform?
Depends how his World Cup goes, really. A strong World Cup and Ajax can still ask for a lot. Probably not near the outrageous €100m fee they’re after now, but something more realistic to negotiate over next season as we’ll be on a clean slate and Ajax can’t refuse Antony’s desire to leave two seasons running.
Yup. He's most certainly not going to be worth 80M. If he somehow pulls it off, then sure, we'll pay the premium.
I don't see it. His style seems different than, for example, Hazard or Neymar.
That’s the keyword right there! Players can play as stars in one team creating high values for transfers, but that won’t say they be as productive in another team. A set of individual stars will nót win a real team of youngsters (really well visible on the legendary Real-Ajax and Juve-Ajax games of 2019). Together those lads were gold, but even guys like de Ligt had trouble at Juve. So it is up to the manager to make a team.Ronaldo is just an old legend drifting away from his legendary state as he only focusses on his own instead of the team.
It has also been said multiple times that Ajax didn’t want to sell Antony at all. So actually this outcome is not really surprising. Ajax at this moment is not the same selling club as 5-10 years ago. Ajax made proper steps up in quality and liquidity. Ajax is hunting for the steady top of europe and final stages in the CL. You won’t reach that by continuously selling your prime players.
You are massively overrating Ten Hag
Please give us your educated verdict on his performances in Brazil and transfer value before he came to Ajax and met Erik.You are massively overrating Ten Hag
Antony was just a random bloke they picked up in Brazil without any prior knowledge about football. Ten Hag taught him everything there was to know about football.
Man, people here sometimes are really stupid. Sure a manager can make some players shine. But other players like Antony don't need a manager to do that for them. It's not like Antony will forget how to play football now that Ten Hag isn't here. In his first pre season match last Tuesday he looked as good as under Ten Hag, he might've forgot that Ten Hag wasn't there anymore? Surely he'd be worse now right?
Yeah, they're in no rush to sell from a contractual point of view, and they've raised more than enough funds this summer already through other sales.
Unless he's refusing to work/train/play, Ajax have absolutely no reason or need to sell for anything under an extortionate fee.
How and why we didn't see this unfolding and move early in the window - especially with everyone knowing about the contractual difficulties concerning the FDJ/how long it would take (if it even happens) months ago - is absolutely beyond me. We've been absolutely left behind this window, and are paying the price (literally) for another rubbish strategy.
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